The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-19
The Interstate Commerce Bill.

After a debate continuing through
several days, the senate on Friday
passed the interstate commerce bill by
the strong vote of forty-three to fifteen.
Senators Cullom, Harris, Ingalls, and
Edmunds were among those who spoke
in favor of the bill, and Senators Hoar,
Evarts, Aldrich and Morrill, made
speeches against it. Mr.. Sherman,
while not satisfied with some of its pro-
visions, voted for the bill. Only four
of the senators from the New England
States supported the bill-Edmunds,
Frye, Hale and Hawley. The Tribune
correspondent says:
The bill as it now stands is far from salts
factory to the senate, notwithstanding the
large vote in it's favor. Most of the south
ern members and few from the West think
it does not go far enough. Senators repre-
senting eastern constituencies, on the other
hand generally consider it to be far too
radical. A large number voted for it
against their own judgment and simply be-
cause public sentiment in their states
seemed to favor it. One senator expressed
himself something like this: " If had voted
against this bill it would have taken the
rest of my life to explain my vote" Another
said: &C voted for it because my people
wanted me to. In my judgment, however, it
is thoroughly bad bill" There are sena-
tors who believe that the bill will in its
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railroads are concerned, and injurious only
to shippers. Others believe that it will, if
strictly enforced by the government create
such opposition that its repeal will be de-
manded before it has been in operation six
months.
An attempt to recommit the bill for
the purpose of securing modification
of certain features was defeated by the
following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Blair, Brown,
Cameron, Chace, Cheney, Evarts Frye,
Gray, Hale, Hampton, Hawley, Hoar, Ma
hone, Mitchell of Oregon, Mitchell of Penn
sylvania, Morgan, Morrill,, Payne, Platt,
Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman, Spooner, Will
iams-25.
Nays-Messrs. Allison, Beck, Berry
Blackburn, Bowen, Call, Cockrell, Coke
Colquitt, Conger, Cullom, Dolph, Edmunds,
Eustis, Fair, George, Gibson, German,
Harris, ingalls,, Jones of Arkansas, Jones
of Nevada, Mcmillan, Henderson, Palmer,
Plumb, Pugh, Sabin, Salisbury, Teller,
Vance, Vest, Walthall, Whitthorne, Wilson
Pairs were announced between Messrs.
Butler and Van Wyck, Camden and Stan
ford, Dawes and Maxey, Kenna and Miller,
Mcpherson and Voorhees,, and it was stated
that Mr.. Ransom was absent on account of
illness in his family.
The vote was then taken on the bill
and the conference report was agreed
to-yeas 43, nays 15-as follows
Yeas-Messrs. Allison, Beck Berry, Black
burn Bowen, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Con-
ger, Cullom, Dolph, Edmunds, Eustis, Fair,
Frye, George, Gibson, German, Gray, Hale,
Harris, Hawley, ingalls,, Jones of Arkansas,
Jones of Nevada, Mcmillan, Henderson,
Mitchell of Oregon, Palmer, Plumb, Pugh,
Sabin, Salisbury, Sawyer, Sewell, Sher-
man, Spooner, Teller, Vance, Vest, Walt
hall, Whitthorne, Wilson of Iowa-43.
Nays-Messrs. Aldrich, Blair, Brown,
Cameron, Chace, Cheney, Evarts, Hampton,
Hoar, Malone, Mitchell of Pennsylvania,
Morrill,, Payne, Platt, Williams-l5.
The correspondent of the Boston
Journal says:
1t is expected that an attempt will be
made to pass the interstate commerce bill
in the house at once. 1t is doubtful if a
measure ever passed the senate in which SC
many members who had to vote felt so en-
tirely at sea as to the results of the final
passage of the bill. Almost every one has
a different reason for his action Senator
Ingalls, votes for the bill, for example, be
cause he thinks the sections relating to the
long and short-haul and pooling are abso
lutely nugatory. Others vote for it be
cause they think it will accomplish the de
sired results. Nearly half the members
who voted for it believe it TO be a leap into
the dark, and have done so because tn,
public seems to demand some legislation
and this they think is the best they can get
John Roach.
Tho 1aatb of Iohn Roach the vet